YORK — Poquoson High took a page out of the Tabb girls' basketball playbook in the second half of its Bay Rivers District matchup on Tuesday — the Islanders got aggressive. With perhaps a little more talent on their side, that tact carried the Islanders to a 44-39 win over the host Tigers.

The Islanders (2-1, 2-1 district) rallied from the six-point halftime deficit they were in because the Tigers (1-2, 1-2) had outhustled, outdefended and, especially, outrebounded them. The switch by the Islanders from a 3-2 to a 2-3 zone not only helped them rebound better in the second half, it gave them more bodies to deny the Tigers' bigs quality shots inside.

What resulted was poor second-half shooting by the Tigers (4-of-25 from the field) and fewer rebounds. Poquoson took advantage to surge in front behind a balanced scoring attack led by Sydney Turner, who scored a game-high 17 points.

"I think we just woke up," Islanders coach Jeff Gross said. "We started taking care of the ball better, were aggressive to the basket and stepped it up defensively."

Turner said. "We knew Tabb wasn't going to back down and was going to be good competition, so we knew we'd have to go after them hard in the second half and defend well."

Tabb's 24-18 halftime lead was built largely on second-chance points, either on stickbacks or free throws. Brooke Mahan (12 points) led the aggressive Tigers with nine first half points, while Erin Fenton (11 points) hit a key 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer.

The Tigers' man-to-man defense forced the Islanders into 7-for-25 shooting in the first half, as well as eight turnovers. But Turner's 3-pointer to start the second half signaled a new attitude for the Islanders.

Following a Fenton 3-pointer that gave Tabb its biggest lead at 31-26 with 5:06 to play in the third quarter, the Islanders picked up the pace defensively. Tabb missed its final eight shots of the third quarter and Poquoson surged into a six point lead with an 11-0 run.

Sarah Davis started the run by hitting a jumper, before Liz Kincaid drove length-of-the-court for a layup. Brittany Frazier added a baseline jumper and Turner a three-point play off of a stickback, before Poppy Crawshaw scored a layup on a nice dish from Frazier.

The Tigers hung close in the fourth quarter, but the Islanders got key baskets to hold them at bay: Crawshaw's stickback, Davis' transition basket on a Frazier dish and Turner's baseline jumper.

It was a nice finish for Turner on a night when older sister Page Turner, a former Poquoson star, surpassed 1,000 points for Division II Davis & Elkins College of West Virginia.

"We have a competition to see who's going to score more points in their game," said Sydney Turner, who won that challenge because Page scored 14 points for D&E. "But I'm very proud of her for getting 1,000."